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Lavergne · Occitanie

Eglise

In the heart of the Quercy region, the church at Lavergne boasts a 12th-century Romanesque chancel and a soberly elegant portal, sturdy reminders of a Middle Ages village that has been listed as a Historic Monument since 1925.

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Carquebut · Normandie

Château de Franquetot

In the heart of the Cotentin region, Château de Franquetot boasts a rare painted décor from the early 17th century and romantic grounds designed by a renowned botanist. A discreet jewel of inland Normandy.

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Le Foeil · Bretagne

Vestiges de l'ancien château de Crénan

The eloquent ruins of a 15th-century Breton manor house, Château de Crénan features an embattled doorway, sculpted machicolations and dormer windows adorned with lions, all of which bear witness to exceptional Gothic civil architecture in the Côtes-d'Armor region.

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Saint-Avit-Rivière · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Avit

The Romanesque jewel of the Périgord, Saint-Avit church boasts a porch with five archivolts of rare finesse and a unique triangular gabled bell tower, standing guard over the gentle hills of the Double.

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Latresne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Eglise Saint-Aubin

Nestling in the heart of the village of Latresne, Saint-Aubin's limestone church blends Renaissance and classical art, providing a rare example of 17th-century Gironde piety.

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Le Vieux-Marché · Bretagne

Chapelle et croix de la Trinité

In the heart of Brittany's Trégor region, this chapel dates from 1668 and combines late Gothic and Renaissance styles around a monumental cross decorated with Christ and the Descent from the Cross, set on a stone altar surrounded by a circular bench.

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Villamée · Bretagne

Eglise Saint-Martin et porte du cimetière

Nestling in the heart of inland Brittany, the Romanesque church of Saint-Martin de Villamée displays its sober medieval elegance, guarded by a cemetery gate of rare integrity, listed as a Historic Monument since 1926.

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Ecausseville · Normandie

Hangar à dirigeables

A reinforced concrete cathedral rising from the fields of Normandy, this 1919 airship hangar is the only vestige in France of the Great War's anti-submarine aircraft programme - a 150-metre colossus that never housed an aerostat.

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Moëlan-sur-Mer · Bretagne

Dolmen

A Neolithic vestige standing in the Finistère region of Moëlan-sur-Mer, this dolmen bears witness to 5,000 years of architectural mastery, combining the magic of standing stones with the mystery of Armorican funerary rites.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon · Bretagne

Vasque de Keilinsky, ou de Kerliviry

An enigmatic Gallo-Roman vestige from Léon, the Keilinsky basin fascinates by its mystery and rarity: one of the rare ancient cult basins listed as a Historic Monument in North Finistère.

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Saint-Pol-de-Léon · Bretagne

Monument aux morts, situé dans le cimetière de l'église Saint-Pierre

The first war memorial to be inaugurated in Finistère in 1920, this masterpiece by René Quillivic sublimates the medieval recumbent statue: a dying soldier carried by four poignantly beautiful Breton women in traditional costume.

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Couze-et-Saint-Front · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chapelle Saint-Front du Colubri

The Romanesque jewel of the Périgord Noir, the chapel of Saint-Front du Colubri has watched over Couze since the 12th century. A former parish church with sculpted capitals of rare elegance, it was listed as a Historic Monument in 2015.

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Aix-en-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Casino municipal

Fleuron disparu du thermalisme aixois des années folles, l'ancien Casino municipal d'Aix-en-Provence incarnait l'alliance du béton armé, de l'Art Déco et de l'âme provençale — un palais du jeu et du plaisir aujourd'hui démoli.

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Goulven · Bretagne

Dolmen à enceinte du Cosquer

On the edge of Brittany's Léon region, the Cosquer enclosure dolmen has stood guard over the Goulven moors for over 5,000 years. Its preserved megalithic enclosure makes it one of the most intact Neolithic monuments in Finistère.

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Le Faouët · Bretagne

Chapelle Saint-Sébastien

In the heart of the Faouët region, the Saint-Sébastien chapel boasts slender Gothic pediments and sculpted sablières of unprecedented boldness - including the famous frieze of the devil leading the peasants in a dance.

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Issepts · Occitanie

Chapelle Saint-Médard-Lagarenie

Nestling in the Lot, this 12th-century Romanesque chapel features a semi-circular choir with capitals carved with stylised foliage, a rare and intact example of Quercy Romanesque art.

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Saint-Goazec · Bretagne

Allée couverte à dalles inclinées de Castel-Ruffel

A Neolithic covered walkway with characteristic sloping slabs, nestling in Brittany's Finistère region. A striking vestige of the funerary architecture of the megalith builders, listed as a Historic Monument since 1914.

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Le Tourne · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Chantiers Tramasset du Tourne

The last shipyards in Le Tourne on the Garonne, the Chantiers Tramasset embody two centuries of wood-building tradition, with their unique rail docks and bending kiln in the Gironde.

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Vannes · Bretagne

Maison dite de Vannes et sa femme

In the heart of Vannes, this 16th-century timber-framed house fascinates visitors with its two stone busts in the corner: a middle-class man and his wife frozen for eternity, mischievous witnesses to a preserved medieval town.

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Quistinic · Bretagne

Château de la Villeneuve-Jacquelot

In the heart of Morbihan, this 17th-century manor house conceals a rare treasure in Brittany: a vaulted granite staircase with remarkably fine carvings.

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Ploemeur · Bretagne

Chapelle Sainte-Anne et son calvaire

Nestling in the Morbihan region of Brittany, this discreet 16th-century granite chapel is striking for its late Gothic bell tower with curly cabbages and its Baroque calvary on a Louis XV base - a rare dialogue between two centuries of Breton faith.

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Aix-en-Provence · Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Hôtel d'Oraison

Au cœur du vieil Aix, l'hôtel d'Oraison déploie une façade baroque provençale d'une rare élégance, témoignage discret mais saisissant de la splendeur aristocratique qui fit la gloire du Cours Mirabeau.

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Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil · Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Cabane en pierre sèche de Pechmémie

A stone sentinel in the heart of Périgord, this Pechmémie hut with its curved dome embodies the ancestral art of dry stone: a shepherd's hut with mysterious interior niches, listed as a Historic Monument.

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Quily · Bretagne

Cimetière

In the heart of Morbihan, this cemetery in Quily is home to a rare 16th-century cross, adorned with sculpted figures and heads at the corners of its pedestal - a striking example of Breton Renaissance funerary art.

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